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Naveen

Naveen — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Notwithstanding other claims that the production of Soya is good for the soil, it entails the use of pesticides, which no doubt will leach into the watershed of the region.

Pooja

Pooja — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Farmers generally clear the forest with first fire then cutting the trees. Government policies further induce this as stated in Brazilian legislation, clearing land for crops or fields is considered an �effective use� of land and is the beginning towards land ownership.

Nidhi Chauhan

Nidhi Chauhan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Amazonian rainforest is capable of sustaining itself, intact it produces half its own rainfall through the moisture it releases into the atmosphere, but then humans intervene to destroy the forest ecology.

Ravinder Makhaik

Ravinder Makhaik — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Protecting tropical forests from slash and burn economics will be a key to keep the carbon sinks alive and control carbon emissions as well.

Global warming is something still tingling at the back of the mind and has not been taken up seriously enough, as the recent powerful G-8 meet showed up.

Unless the rich nations back up their words with cash to help developing nations conserve their forest covers, population pressures in Congo and Amazon river belts are bound to deplete the rich green cover soon.